Morphine is a type of strong pain relief medicine called an opioid. This page is about the use of morphine for pain relief in children.
A child with a chronic condition eventually transitions back to school. Learn practical tips when advocating for your child at school.
Learn about pain relief medication and how to administer it, including patient controlled analgesia.
Learn techniques to help distract your child from, and manage, their pain in the hospital and at home.
Learn about techniques for pain management and the treatment of pain.
Detailed information concerning how to advocate for your child as soon as she in back in school, and balancing treatment with education.
Learn about other types of pain, including recurrent, procedural, and palliative pain. Read about how they are treated. Lumbar punctures are discussed.
Your goal is to work with your child's teacher to get the best education for your child. Your child has the right to attend school and if you feel they're not getting a "fair shake," get involved with the administration.
Learn to differentiate between myth and truth concerning children's pain. There are many common misconceptions of pain that should be dispelled.
Find out how PCA and NCA help your child get relief from severe, short-term pain in the hospital.
Learn about the process and goals of pain assessment to provide the information necessary to initiate optimal pain treatment strategies.
An overview of the components of a pain management plan for children.
Read about physical treatments for pain management. These treatments are aimed at treating pain and its underlying causes.
Learn about the benefits of using massage and TENS for effective pain management.
Learn about the 3P approach to pain management, which is a combination of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medications) strategies.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
There are various physical methods available to treat JIA pain including heat, cold, massage, and exercise. Learn how you can use these techniques for pain relief.
Discusses pain management for common childhood pain and injuries such as ear infections, colic, and injections.
This page give advice on how to relieve a child's pain at home.
Physiotherapy can help with pain, weakness, limited range of motion, and reduced physical ability. Learn how a physiotherapist can help your child or teenager with JIA management.
Most children have at least some pain after an operation, which is called post-operative pain. Learn about relieving a child's post-operative pain at home.
Pain can be caused by cancer, procedures, treatments or symptoms of cancer and treatments. Find out how you can manage and how your health-care team can help you.
Learn how to support your own mental health and wellbeing and how to cope with emotions following the diagnosis of a child’s chronic condition.
Find out how to offer sucrose or breastfeeding to ease your child's pain from needle pokes.
